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JoeESP9 said:
Thanks sebrof. I guess it's too much to expect a bunch of folks who mostly think the state of the art gear wise reached its ultimate with whatever vintage gear they favor, to be willing to try a free tweak. I didn't realize vintage gear and narrow mindedness are synonymous.

Would a moderator please move this to The Cutting Edge.
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Joe, most of us just aren't that anal. Or maybe just that bored. Or both...
 
BlackDiscus use a simplified form of the technology employed by the time lords which we call "Relative Dimension in Space" RDIS, which means that they are considerably bigger inside than out. Not only bigger, but heavier as well, as they are filled with lead. This means that they make excellent mass-dampers, even though they only weigh a few grams. Also note that the lead has been pushed back in time/to another dimension, so this means that BlackDiscus are fully RoHS compliant.

I feel my credulity being yanked ... severely.

Yeah yeah yeah ... I know ... don't knock it till you tried it. At least it doesn't sound painful, like maybe sticking your tongue in a light socket ...

(did somebody mention crazy? AHAHAHHAHAHAHAAA!!!)
 
This would be a better test if you included a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup on each alternating cable to see if you can hear a difference with either product.

The Reeses's/BlackDiscus test.

Don't knock it till ya try it.
 
krowmagnum said:
I thought you wanted this thread closed ?

Or is that only after you get another post in ?
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Ahh, a skeptic who apparently can't read. Please read my post number 40.

sKiZo said:
BlackDiscus use a simplified form of the technology employed by the time lords which we call "Relative Dimension in Space" RDIS, which means that they are considerably bigger inside than out. Not only bigger, but heavier as well, as they are filled with lead. This means that they make excellent mass-dampers, even though they only weigh a few grams. Also note that the lead has been pushed back in time/to another dimension, so this means that BlackDiscus are fully RoHS compliant.

I feel my credulity being yanked ... severely.

Yeah yeah yeah ... I know ... don't knock it till you tried it. At least it doesn't sound painful, like maybe sticking your tongue in a light socket ...

(did somebody mention crazy? AHAHAHHAHAHAHAAA!!!)
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Fella's, I don't believe the claims either. However, whenever someone makes outrageous claims about anything and offers to send me two for free to try, I take them up on it. Any of you detractors can do the same.

BTW: I'm not a Dr. Who fan either.
 
JoeESP9 said:
Ahh, a skeptic who apparently can't read. Please read my post number 40.

Fella's, I don't believe the claims either. However, whenever someone makes outrageous claims about anything and offers to send me two for free to try, I take them up on it. Any of you detractors can do the same.

BTW: I'm not a Dr. Who fan either.
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I can read, I just don't pay much attention. :D My mistake... I misread that. I thought you wanted it on the cutting floor because putting it in with Cutting Edge would obviously be too much of a stretch.

I still want to hear the Reese's test results.
 
JoeESP9 said:
Would a moderator please move this to The Cutting Edge.
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Done. Folks, a thread crap is a thread crap, regardless of what your opinion is, and thread crapping is against the rules. I don't have time right now to clean up the mess that's already here, but the next person who mocks the OP is in line for a vacation from AK.
 
E-Stat said:
The concept is quite simple: they absorb a range of EMI which can affect nearby low level circuitry.
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This intrigues me.
Do they absorb omnidirectionally?

I picture a bug zapper light drawing mosquitoes from a 360-degree "dome" within a radius of xx feet.

If I'm within that dome, I may be in between the 'skeeters and the UV light they are drawn to. I assume they stop on me for snack on the way to their demise.

For the stones to work, would you have to surround your equipment with them so that no EMI hits the equipment on the way to the absorbing stone?

Further, once the stone absorbs it, where does it go, or what is it converted to (based on the law of conservation of energy)?
 
^ Some good points.

I'd order one but at the risk of getting my addresses harvested I'll wait for the test results here.
 
These disks may work. Here's a possible scientific theory:

When we play complex music loud, our cables and connectors 'ring' due to the axial, oblique and tangential eigentones that are bombarding them. The black disks break up these spurious audio waves and disperse them into the celestial ether, thus cleaning up the sound and vastly improving imaging.

Now, the black matter all around us rejuvenates the black disk at the speed of light, because as the disks resonate, while dispersing all these spurious eigentones, they also begin to 'ring'. The black matter comes to the rescue and in the process of rejuvenating the black disk, it stops them from ringing.

It's amazing that I remember my theoretical physics after 4 glasses of whiskey. :D
 
Murdoch said:
These disks may work. Here's a possible scientific theory:

When we play complex music loud, our cables and connectors 'ring' due to the axial, oblique and tangential eigentones that are bombarding them. The black disks break up these spurious audio waves and disperse them into the celestial ether, thus cleaning up the sound and vastly improving imaging.

Now, the black matter all around us rejuvenates the black disk at the speed of light, because as the disks resonate, while dispersing all these spurious eigentones, they also begin to 'ring'. The black matter comes to the rescue and in the process of rejuvenating the black disk, it stops them from ringing.

It's amazing that I remember my theoretical physics after 4 glasses of whiskey. :D
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You lost me right after the first comma.

I was going to say that I'm looking forward to hearing what Joe has to say, but I think instead ordering my own is a better idea.

I'm with you Joe!

Art

Edit: Just went over and placed my order.
It's all for the love of the game.
 
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JoeESP9 said:
They sent two. They are roughly the size of slightly smaller slightly thinner Reese Cups. The fact sheet says the regular ones are thicker.

The ones in the picture are not the free ones.
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Can you tell what they're made of? It's hard to tell from the pictures if they're like foam or hard plastic material or what.
 
Thanks for moving this Rich and thanks to everyone else who has taken the plunge and ordered their own free samples.

They are metallic. They look and feel like they're composed of small metal granules compressed and potted. As soon as I dig up a magnet I'll find out if they are ferrous.

I'll be following the only procedure I use for evaluating gear. I insert "X" into my system and listen. As I understand it the effect of these is largely subjective anyway. According to the manufacturer the effect is subtle.

They came packaged in a glassine envelope stuck to a piece of card stock with something like Blutak. I used the same "Blutak" to stick them to the connectors. The samples are ~1.25" in diameter and ~3/16" thick.

Currently I'm trying them with my portable DJ and listening system. It uses the following components.
Gateway Netbook
Behringer UCA 222 DAC
Bravo Audi headphone amp
Grado SR-60
I have one straddling the RCA input connectors and one on top of the headphone output jack.

Now I'll listen for a while.

For those of you who have ordered samples; mine arrived in a standard letter sized envelope. The manufacturer spent $2.40 NZ to mail it to me.
 
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I think I'll ignore this thread till after mine arrive and have been evaluated.

Just so I'm not influenced by what others have to say.

Art
 
Hyfi said:
Joe, how long did it take to get them delivered?
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I emailed them the day the thread about their existence was started. So, it was somewhere around a week. They came via air mail in an ordinary letter sized envelope.

Thank you to anyone else who is willing to give them a try. If they turn out to be the best thing since sliced bread, which I doubt, there will be observations from others.
 
These things seem to be doing something. OTOH I may be deluding myself.
I’m not much for headphones. I’m very big on imaging and no headphones that I’ve ever heard do anything for me but place sound in a direct line from one ear to the other. For me this has always been disquieting and just a little bit creepy. Sound coming from inside my head, yuck, that’s not pleasing to me. Well, these disks don’t fix that. What they did tonight was make the sound of headphones a lot less creepy to me. They had me patting my foot, bobbing my head and just enjoying the music.
I launched Nightingale (music player) set it to random play and proceeded to enjoy the music. Everything that the app randomly selected I let play. This in and of itself is unusual for me. Usually when I’m using headphones I skip selections until “the right one” is randomly selected. This is a good sign to me.
I got so into the music I forgot I was supposed to be listening critically. More to come later.
 
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